About the Authors

Yan Li

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Gary W. Lawrence

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Shien Lu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Clarissa Balbalian

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Vincent P. Klink

vklink@biology.msstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL GL VK. Performed the experiments: YL. Analyzed the data: YL GL SL CB VK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL GL CB VK. Wrote the paper: YL GL VK.